Plane.



No. 735,744. I PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903.

C. H. FOX.

PLANE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 11, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. FOX, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO STANLEY RULE duLEVELCOMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPO- RATION OFCONNECTICUT.

PLANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Pa-tent No. 735,744, dated August1 1, 1903. Application led November l5. 1902. Serial No. 131,485. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it' may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. FOX, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, Hartford county, Connecticut, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Planes, of which the following isa full,

y clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in planes, and particularly to aconstruction for improving the efficiency and general usefulness of thedevice in its operation.

The object of my'invention is to construct a plane for use in matchingboards and the like, which maybe adjusted to various widths ofcutting-irons. The clogging of shavings which are produced when theplane i`s in use is avoided. It is also possible to use a beading-ironwith the same plane-body when desired.

The invention consists in the improvements to be hereinafter describedand shown in the accompanying drawings. The invention isparticularlyapplicable toY that class called matching-planes, in which a cutter isprovided to form the edges of boards in order that they may be matchedtogether. The plane is so constructed as to effect the smooth andcertain turning aside of the shavings when the planeis cutting. In theform herein shown the tonguing-iron may be replaced by a beading-ironwhen the proper adjustments have been made. f

Figure l is a side elevation of a plane embodying the improvements of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a projection showing the under side of the plane.Fig. 3 isa front view of the plane, parts being shown in section onV theline X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail of a shaving-deiiector. Fig. 5 isan elevation of the inside face of the main stock., parts being shown insection. Fig. 6 is a detail of a gage for limiting the cutting depthwhen abeading cutter or iron, as shown in Fig. 7, is used;

1 isa main stock portion havinga handle 10.

2 2 are rods screwed into the stock portion and upon which slides thepart 3, which may be conveniently termed a .fence.

4 isasliding section which is mounted upon the rods 2 2 and adapted tobe moved toward or away from the stock portion 1.

edge of a board into a tongue portion. LAthis purpose it will be seenthat the blade is 5 is a tonguing-iron adapted to form the Forbifurcated at the lower part, as particularly shown in Figs. 2 and 3.This cutting-iron 5` vis mounted in grooves between the adjacent facesof the stock 1 and the sliding section 4. The sliding section is causedto move toward the stock portion 1 and to hold the iron 5 securely inplace by means of the thumb-nut 40, which operates-on the screw-bolt 4l,as seen in Figs.1 and 2. The stock portion 1 is formed at the lower edgeof the outer part, as seen particularly in Fig. 3, with alimitingsurface 11. Similarly the sliding section 4 is provided with alimiting-surface 42, which is, however, oppositely positioned. The fence3 is provided with a guide-surface 3l, which is convenient for use withthe plane when it is used as a beading-plane, as will hereinafter bedescribed in connection with the details shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

When the plane is being used to cut with the tonguing-iron 5 inposition, the shavings which are cut will be deflected upward by meansof the construction which I have provided. The shaving which is formedby the outer right-hand portion of the blade of the tonguing-iron willbe detiected inwardly and upwardly by means of the delector b', one formof the construction of which is shown in detail in Fig. 4. The shavingas it is being 4taken is moved forwardly and is caught by the concavedinner surface of the defiector, and thus thrown inwardly to the insideedge of the stock portion 1 and upwardly. This will be seen particularlyin Fig. 5. The other shaving,`taken by the left-hand portion of theblade 5, will be deflected backward and upward by means of 'the uppersurface of theblade 5 and the concaved upper surface of the slidingsection 4 and .pass out freely through the curved open space 43. Thisdeflector Gis situated beyond the outer guidesurface Il of the stockportion 1 iand in this form is mounted inthe lug 12. For this purposethe delector is provided with the shank 61, which may be tightly grippedby means of the thu mb-nut 62. The surface of the deflector at 63 ismade to coincide approxi- IOO mately with the outer guide-surface of thestock l at the point of attachment. A t (Si the deilector is formed tocoincide with the outer edge of the cutting-blade. The dimensions aresuch, preferably, that there is but little opportunity for shavings topass outward from the cutting edge at any other point than that preparedby means of' the convexedly-curved surface 60.

It is obvious that some of the same advantages would be had if thedeflector 6 Were made integral with the stock portion l. By reason ofits being separable therefrom, however, it is possible to em ploycutting-irons of various Widths with the same main plane structure,using a larger or smaller deflector, as required. There is also anotheradvantage inherent in this structure by reason of the deflector beingthus separable from the other parts. By means of this I am able to makethis plane interchangeable as a matching-plane which will form a tongueand to use it also as a beading-plane.

Fig. 7 shows the beading-iron 7, which is employed for cutting beads.This beadingiron 7 may be fitted into the guide-slots in the main stockportion and the sliding section 4 adjusted to hold it there by means ofthe adj usting-screw 40. At such a time the two guiding-surfaces ll and-42 are in line with the edges of the beading-iron 7, and there is nonecessity for the deflector 6. In its place isinserted the gage 8,(shown in Fig. 6,) which has the shank portion 8l, adapted to tit in thelug 12 and be engaged by the thumb-nut 62. The edge 82 of this gage isadjusted opposite the outer guide-surface l1 of the stock portion l,while the lower surface of thegage provides alimitiug or guide portion,by means of which the depth of the bead can be made as desired.

The fence 3 may be adjusted upon the rods 2 2 at any suitable distancefrom the cuttingblade to provide a guide by means of which the cuttingedge may be operated at the proper distance from the edge of the board.

It will thus'be seen that this construction herein shown and describedis adapted to be used efficiently as a matching or tonguing plane andthat the shavings caused by the operation of the plane will not clog itor in any other Way interfere with its operation. The plane, moreover,may be used as a beading-plane, thus combining the functions of both andenabling a person to perform both operations with one plane by thesimple interchange of parts, which may be readily adjusted to suitdifferent sizes of iron and the addition of which is of but slightexpense.

What I claim isl. In a plane, the combination of a handle member and arelatively movable member, a plane-iron clamped between the same andprotruding beyond the outer surface of the handle member, and meanssituated on the outer surface of said handle member for deilectingshavings consisting of a body portion having a curveddeiiecting-surface, asurface fitting close to the plane-handle memberand a surface fitting close to the protruding edge of the plane-iron.

2. In a plane the combination of a handle member and a relativelymovable member, a plane-iron clamped between the same and protrudingbeyond the outer surface of the handle part, and a shaving-deflectorremovably carried by said handle portion, consisting of a body portionand ashank portion said shank fitting into a recess in said handlemember.

A tonguing-planc having a stock orhandie portion, a pair of guide-barscarried thereby, a sliding section mounted on said guide-bars, acutting-iron secured between the adjacent surfaces of said stock portionand said sliding section, said stock portion having a guiding-surface onthe outer side, said cutting-iron projecting a considerable distanceoutside of said surface, and means for deiiecting shavings upward andbackward from the cutting edge of said iron.

4. A tonguing-plane including a handle member, guide-rods carried bysaid member, a member slidably mounted upon said rods and adapted tomove relatively to said liandle member, a tonguing-iron carried betweenthe said members, a shaving-deliector consisting of a body portion and ashank removably carried by the said handle member and a thumb-screw forsecuring the shank in a recess in said handle member.

Signel at New Britain, Connecticut, this 13th day of November, 1902.

CHAS. H. FOX.

Witnesses:

H. S. WALTER, W. J WORAM.

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